Suspected members of Boko Haram have killed six people and abducted two girls after they raided Gaya-Dlang near Fa’agaya in Hong local government area of Adamawa State around 5:00 pm on Monday.
According to reports, the terrorists also burnt houses and carted away foodstuffs.
The raid came less than a month after a similar attack was carried out on Monday, 27 July 2026, around 6:00 PM by the terrorists in the Zah community in Yadul District of Hong local government area, in which a middle-aged woman was abducted, and four persons, including a Forest Guard official, were killed.
Confirming the incident, the Executive Chairman of Hong LGA, Hon. Dr. Aliyu Saad Yerima Hong, said, “We have eight casualties among seven civilians and one police officer.
He said some inhabitants have sustained minor injuries while running for their lives, adding that the corpse of the Police officer has been deposited at the Federal Medical Centre, Hong.
The Council Chairman further said all four ladies earlier abducted have escaped, “This morning, all of them are back. The four ladies are all back.”
Dr. Hong said the situation in the area is now calm due to the presence of military personnel.
He, however, said the continuous attacks on the communities in Gaya and Yadul districts have forced farmers who constitute the bulk of the population to abandon their farms, noting that it will have an adverse effect on food security.
“There is serious fear because 80% of our peasant farmers who are farming in that area have abandoned their farms. Even now, as I’m talking to you, I’m together with the councilor representing the Garaha area. His farm is also in that area, and, as he said, they have abandoned it. So you can’t go to the farm now.
“You know, before, during rainy seasons like this, you’ll not see them, but this time around, the thing is different. There are many in that area, in that axis now.
“You know, that area, they have vast land. People even from Mubi, Gombe, used to come and farm there, talk less of us who are in the Hong Local Government Area. Most of our farms are in that area, but now, no… no farming activities there. So it will seriously affect the food security of our people,” he said.
Dr. Hong said the local council will continue to assist the military and other security agencies, as well as hunters and vigilantes, in providing security in the area and across the entire local government area.
The council chairman applauded the Fintiri-led administration for its efforts in tackling security in the state.
“The state government under the leadership of Ahmadu Fintiri is doing its best. So, we are on it. We are praying. By the grace of God, things will get better,” Dr. Hong said.
The council chairman called on communities across the local government to always be on alert and to inform security agencies of the movements of suspected persons or those with questionable character for prompt action.
Veteran journalist and recipient of A.B.C Yola, Reporter of the Year Award (1997), Hassan Umar Shallpella, works with WAP as a Regional Correspondence. He was trained at Institute of Mass Communication and Technology Jos and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Training School Lagos.He was a News desk Editor and a Correspondent at the Punch newspaper and till 2019, was the Deputy Editor ofThe Scope newspaper.
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